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Ancient Greek myth tells the story of Daedalus, who constructed wings of wax and feathers. He and his son Icarus used the wings to escape captivity from Crete. Icarus, ignoring warnings from his father flew too close to the sun and melted his wings.

What the Montgolfier bros. had begun in 1783 quickly spread. Ballooning became immediately popular throughout Europe and soon spread to America. J.A.C. Charles stopped flying, but the Montgolfier bros. were not through yet.